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Early Monday morning on April 6, 2009, the Italian village of Onna, central Italy was struck by a 6.3 magnitude earthquake. The 2009 L'Aquila earthquake caused serious damage to several medieval hill towns in the region, killing over 260 residents, injuring over 1,000 and leaving 28,000 homeless. Despite the dangers from aftershocks, the search for survivors continues, and will be maintained until Sunday, after which the daunting tasks of cleanup and reconstruction willl begin.

Shattered roofs of collapsed houses are seen against the backdrop of snow-covered mountains after an earthquake in the Italian village. (REUTERS/Chris Helgren)

Part of the wall of a house still stands amongst the rubble of collapsed buildings. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

The Duomo Cathedral of San Massimo is seen damaged. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

A dog searches through rubble a day after a powerful earthquake struck the Abruzzo region in central Italy, on Tuesday, April 7, 2009. Italy's deadly earthquake crushed people as they slept, killing 40 of the hamlet's 300 inhabitants. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Six-year-old Sara Luce and her mother eat as they rest outdoors after an earthquake caused the collapse of St. Salvatore Hospital in Aquila April 6, 2009. (REUTERS/Giampiero Sposito)

An Italian military carabinieri walks on debris past destroyed buildings after an earthquake, in downtown Aquila April 6, 2009. (REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi)

A woman is seen in a tent camp in L'Aquila April 7, 2009. (REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi)

Rescue workers search for bodies amongst the rubble of a destroyed building on April 6, 2009 in L'Aquila, Italy. (Marco Di Lauro/Getty Images)

Rescue workers carry a survivor found in the rubble of a collapsed house after an earthquake in Aquila April 6, 2009. (REUTERS/Giampiero Sposito)

A destroyed house is seen April 07, 2009 at the entrance of the off-limits village of Onna, near the epicenter of the April 6, 2009 earthquake in the region of the Abruzzo capital of L'Aquila. (CHRISTOPHE SIMON/AFP/Getty Images)

Hands of a lifeless body lie amidst the debris of a collapsed home in the city of L'Aquila. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)

Antonello Colangeli (center) reacts as he awaits news about his son, Giulio, still trapped in a collapsed building. (REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi)

Giulio Colangeli is carried away by rescuers as his father Antonello reacts, in the city of L'Aquila early Monday, April 6, 2009. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)

A woman is comforted as she reacts following an earthquake aftershock, at a makeshift camp in L'Aquila. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

Rescuers work to recover victims from inside a building overnight on April 8, 2009 in the Abruzzo capital L'Aquila. (FILIPPO MONTEFORTE/AFP/Getty Images)

An excavator digs near a collapsed building in Aquila April 6, 2009. (REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi)

Rescue workers search for survivors under a collapsed house in downtown Aquila April 6, 2009. (REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi)

The shadow of a man holding his daughter following a quake aftershock is seen on the side of a tent, at a makeshift camp in L'Aquila. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

A resident sleeps in a car in a yard in the Abruzzo capital L'Aquila on April 8, 2009 . (FILIPPO MONTEFORTE/AFP/Getty Images)

Local people who were evacuated following a violent earthquake the day before wake up after spending the night in a shelter set up in a gymnasium of L'Aquila sport center university early on April 7, 2009. (MARIO LAPORTA/AFP/Getty Images)

People awaken on April 7, 2009 after spending the night in a stadium in the Abruzzo capital of L'Aquila. (MARIO LAPORTA/AFP/Getty Images)

A coroner carries the body of an infant to place with its mother in a coffin. (REUTERS/Chris Helgren)

Crushed cars are seen on a field in the Italian village of Onna April 7, 2009. (REUTERS/Alessia Pierdomenico)

Destroyed houses in the village of Onna are seen in this aerial view near L'Aquila, Italy. (REUTERS/Max Rossi)

A firefighter cries after finding his daughter, dead in the rubble of a collapsed house. (REUTERS/Giampiero Sposito)

A damaged house in the village of Castelnuovo, central Italy. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

An aerial view of Santa Maria Paganica church in L'Aquila, central Italy, on Tuesday, April 7, 2009, a day after a powerful earthquake struck the Abruzzo region. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

A survivor sits in an ambulance a day after an earthquake struck the Italian village of Onna April 7, 2009.

An entrance hall in a destroyed house is seen the morning after an earthquake struck. (REUTERS/Chris Helgren)

A rescuer continues to look for survivors in the remains of a collapsed building on April 8, 2009. (FILIPPO MONTEFORTE/AFP/Getty Images)

1 comments

Anonymous
on Dec 12, 2009, 8:27:00 AM

Why did you publish photos and names of people trapped and desperate parents? It could seem somewhat insensitive